The Communist Party's (KKE) 20th Congress concluded on Sunday with the election of the members of the new Central Committee and the Central Financial Control Committee. The new Central Committee, in its first meeting, re- elected secretary general of the party's central committee Dimitris Koutsoumbas.

Constant incidents in the Aegean may trigger the involvement of other Balkan countries, the secretary general of the communist KKE party Dimitris Koutsoumbas warned in an interview with Realnews newspaper.

SYRIZA has been chosen to complete the dirty business with the third memorandum because it can do the job better than New Democracy (ND) at this phase" claimed Communist Party (KKE) secretary general Dimitris Koutsoumbas in an interview with the Sunday newspaper RealNews.